igel

See also: Igel

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese igĕl. Compare Komering igol.

Noun

igel (Balinese script ᬳᬶᬕᭂᬮ᭄)

1. dance

Basque

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to igeri (“swimming”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡel/ [i.ɣ̞el]

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• Rhymes: -iɡel, -el
• Hyphenation: i‧gel

Noun

igel anim

1. frog

   Synonym: txantxiku

Declension

Declension of igel (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	igel	igela	igelak	igelok
ergative	igelek	igelak	igelek	igelok
dative	igeli	igelari	igelei	igeloi
genitive	igelen	igelaren	igelen	igelon
comitative	igelekin	igelarekin	igelekin	igelokin
causative	igelengatik	igelarengatik	igelengatik	igelongatik
benefactive	igelentzat	igelarentzat	igelentzat	igelontzat
instrumental	igelez	igelaz	igelez	igelotaz
inessive	igelengan	igelarengan	igelengan	igelongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	igelengana	igelarengana	igelengana	igelongana
terminative	igelenganaino	igelarenganaino	igelenganaino	igelonganaino
directive	igelenganantz	igelarenganantz	igelenganantz	igelonganantz
destinative	igelenganako	igelarenganako	igelenganako	igelonganako
ablative	igelengandik	igelarengandik	igelengandik	igelongandik
partitive	igelik	—	—	—
prolative	igeltzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• baso-igel gorri (“European common frog”)
• baso-igel iberiar (“Iberian frog”)
• baso-igel jauzkari (“agile frog”)
• igebelar (“water lily”)
• igel-hankak (“frog legs”)
• sasi-igel (“tree frog”)
• ur-igel (“marsh frog”)
• zuhaitz-igel (“tree frog”)

Further reading

• “igel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “igel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Betawi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡəl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: i‧gel

Etymology 1

• Borrowed from Balinese ᬳᬶᬕᭂᬮ᭄ (igel, “dance”).
• Borrowed from Sundanese igel (“the strutting of a peacock, dance”).

Noun

igel

2. dance (especially a wiggling movement)

   Synonyms: ibing, tandak, jogèt, belènggo, gèngsot, (chiefly Kota) dangsa

4. strutting of a peacock

Derived terms

• diigelin
• igel-igelan
• ngigel
• ngigelin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from (Hadhrami) Yemeni Arabic عِقَال (igāl, “agal”).

Noun

igel

1. agal (a headband fastened around a keffiyeh, worn by the Arabs)

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “igel”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN

Anagrams

• geli

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German igil, from Proto-West Germanic *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈi.ɡəl/

Noun

igel m

1. a hedgehog
2. a porcupine
3. some sort of siege weapon

Declension

Declension of igel (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	igel	die	igel, igele
genitive	eines	dës	igels, igeles	dër	igel, igele
dative	eime	dëm	igel, igele	dën	igeln, igelen
accusative	einen	dën	igel	die	igel, igele

Derived terms

• igelgras n
• igelmæȥec
• igelvar
• igelīn

Descendants

• German: Igel
• Rhine Franconian:

  Frankfurterisch: [iʒ̥l̩]

• Vilamovian: ejggl

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “igel”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel.

Slovene

Noun

igel

1. genitive dual/plural of ȋgla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish igil, from Old Norse *igla, from Proto-Germanic *egulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognate with Icelandic igla, Danish igle, Norwegian igle and German Egel.

Noun

igel c

1. leech

Declension

Declension of igel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	igel	igels
	definite	igeln	igelns
plural	indefinite	iglar	iglars
	definite	iglarna	iglarnas

Derived terms

• blodigel
• hästigel

Further reading

• “igel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• igel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)